Mysticeti

References

Arnason, U. and P. B. Best. 1991. Phylogenetic relationships within the Mysticeti (whalebone whales) based upon studies of highly repetitive DNA in all extant species. Hereditas 114:263-269.

Arnason, U., S. Gretarsdottir, and D. Widegren. 1992. Mysticete (baleen whale) relationships based upon the sequence of the common cetacean DNA satellite. Molecular Biology and Evolution 9:1018-1028.

Arnason, U. and A. Gullberg. 1994. Relationship of baleen whales established by cytochrome-b gene sequence comparison. Nature 367:726-728.

Arnason, U., A. Gullberg, and B. Widegren. 1993. Cetacean mitochondrial-DNA control region - sequences of all extant baleen whales and 2 sperm whale species. Molecular Biology and Evolution 10:960-970.

Clapham, P. J., S. B. Young, and R. L. Brownell. 1999. Baleen whales: conservation issues and the status of the most endangered populations. Mammal Review 29:35-60.

Fordyce, R. E. and L. G. Barnes. 1994. The evolutionary history of whales and dolphins. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 22:419-455.

Geisler J. H. and Z. X. Luo. 1996. The petrosal and inner ear of Herpetocetus sp. (Mammalia: Cetacea) and their implications for the phylogeny and hearing of archaic mysticetes. Journal of Paleontology 70:1045-1066.

Lockyer, C. 1984. Review of Baleen Whale Reproduction and Implications for Management. Report of the International Whaling Commission. Special Issue 6.

Shashikant, C. S., C. B. Kim, M. A. Borbely, W. C. H. Wang, and F. H. Ruddle. 1998. Comparative studies on mammalian Hoxc8 early enhancer sequence reveal a baleen whale-specific deletion of a cis-acting element. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 95:15446-15451.

Information on the Internet

• Whale Acoustics Project. NOAA's National Marine Mammal Laboratory in Seattle, Washington and Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory in Newport, Oregon.
• The Origins and Adaptations of Mysticetes. Robert Ewan Fordyce, University of Otago, New Zealand.